Bondage

After Jiang Xingjian and Mr. Sun returned to the mansion, the concierge was supposed to be picked up by someone, but he got out of the carriage for a long time, but he didn't wait for the young man to welcome the guests.

"Hey, Mrs. Sun, Mrs. Sun, please come with me."

The couple looked at each other, and Mrs. Sun pinched the handkerchief in her hand full of worry.

Recently, there have been a lot of rumors about the Hou's Mansion in Beijing, if they are just anecdotes and jokes spread by people with a heart, but even some secrets of the Chengyang Hou's mansion are told with a nose and eyes, making people wonder whether the Hou's Mansion is really as rumored It is said that the foundation has been exhausted and the inner capsule can no longer be maintained.

If this is the case, she must not let Xiuxiu marry into the Hou's mansion.

"Mrs. Sun, Mr. Sun, please sit down. Come when you go down."

Jiang Xingjian came out of the main hall where the guests were treated with a calm face, but he didn't want to find a servant woman after searching for a long time.

It was so easy to meet a rough envoy who was in a hurry, Jiang Xingjian's gloomy face was at its peak.

"What's going on? Where are the concierge and servants on duty in the waiter?"

The old woman hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, everyone is busy."

"Nonsense, what is more important than hospitality? Go and call the servant in the tea room, and send someone to inform the wife and the second master to ask the second master to come to the outer courtyard to look for me, and let the wife prepare to entertain Madam Sun."

Suppressing his anger, Jiang Xingjian was exhausted and went out to accompany his guests.

After chatting with the Sun family and his wife for a long time, until Jiang Yan appeared, he didn't see half of the maid who was supposed to serve tea.

Madam Sun looked at Mr. Sun and finally sighed.

It seems that what is said outside is not groundless.

"Meet Mrs. Sun, Mrs. Sun."

Jiang Yan greeted the two of them as soon as he entered the door, but when he saw Jiang Xingjian, his eyes were extremely complicated, and Jiang Xingjian was quite puzzled by the subtle emotions in it.

"Second Young Master Jiang is such a talented person, it's really rare."

Mrs. Sun is very optimistic about Jiang Yan. Not only does he look gentle and elegant, but he also behaves well, even now, he has never heard any excessive rumors from his room.

"The servant girl apologizes to Lord Hou, and the servant girl deserves death."

Before Mrs. Sun could look at Jiang Yan a few more times, an eleven or twelve-year-old maid rushed in from outside the door. After saying a word, she fell to her knees and cowered, not daring to get up.

Jiang Xingjian's face was stern, and his thin lips were pursed into a straight line.If there were no outsiders here, he would definitely explode.

Seeing that he was silent, Jiang Yan said, "Go and pour tea for the guests."

The little servant girl got up in a panic, and staggered out.

Madam Sun sighed and shook her head disappointedly at Mr. Sun.

"The old man came today because he wanted to tell Lord Hou that the young girl really can't climb up to your mansion, so the marriage we talked about before will be abandoned, and the marriage of men and women will have nothing to do with each other in the future."

Jiang Xingjian frowned, and when he was about to speak, Jiang Yan preempted him and said, "It's a kid who has no talent and is not worthy of your lady. Mrs. Sun is generous and has a good reputation for a young student. I really don't dare to be worthy of it."

Mrs. Sun felt even more regretful when she saw this, and she hated her so much that she gave Jiang Xingjian a bad look.

"..."

Jiang Xingjian was at a loss, and was about to say something to save the marriage between the two governments, when Mrs. Sun said: "Second Young Master Jiang is very romantic, and his future future is limitless. This little girl has no luck..."

After Madam Sun finished speaking, she dragged Mr. Sun away quickly, as if the Hou's Mansion was some kind of dirty place.

Jiang Xingjian frowned, looked at Jiang Yan and said, "Why did you push the Sun family's marriage so easily?"

Jiang Yan lowered his eyes, but the secrets of the inner house that he had heard in the past few days kept flashing through his mind.

After a long time, Fang lowered his eyes and restrained his emotions: "Master Hou, why don't you ask Aunt Lin in the room."

After speaking, Jiang Yan saluted and left.

Hearing Lin Jiayue's name, Jiang Xingjian felt his throat was fishy and sweet, and his chest was hard to get rid of.He hasn't rested for a whole month, and now he just wants to find a safe place to rest for a while when he returns to the Hou's Mansion, no matter how small he thinks, it becomes a luxury.

"Come on."

The Hou's mansion was completely silent, there used to be groups of maids, women, and servants accompanying him, but now none of them are there.

Jiang Xingjian suppressed his anger and said to Song Yan beside him: "The stewards of this outer courtyard are all dead? Go, let them all wait for me in the small study."

After he finished his explanation, he strode into the inner courtyard of the Hou Mansion.

It's just that the inner courtyard is not much better than the outer one, and Jiang Xingjian saw two women sitting in the veranda talking and laughing when they reached the gate of Lan courtyard.

"Madam has been ill with Aunt Lin for many days, so it seems that she is useless, and she will have to rely on Aunt Lin in the future."

Another woman pursed her lips and said: "How many years have you and I been in the Hou's mansion, have we seen such a family manager? Although we have a lot of money, we have suffered a lot from the ancestors of the Hou's mansion. If the ancestors of the Jiang family have spirits underground, Knowing that such a disaster has happened, I'm afraid I'm going to strangle him to death from below...Hou Ye!"

Before the woman could finish her sentence, she fell down from the veranda with a thump and fell in front of Jiang Xingjian.

Jiang Xingjian was furious, and said sharply, "What's the matter? I have only been out of the mansion for more than a month, and the Hou's mansion is in such a mess? What do you two say about the wife being seriously ill?"

The woman knelt on the ground trembling and said, "Master Hou, it's... it was Grandma who prevented Aunt Lin from selling her servants a few days ago, but Aunt Lin took out the wife's tooth card. , and became sick in a fit of anger."

"Selling servants? Since the founding of the house, there has never been a precedent of selling servants in my Marquis Mansion. Who did she sell?"

"Sold... Nearly a hundred of them were sold, and I don't know who they are. Aunt Lin is the only one on the list..."

Jiang Xingjian's eyes went dark, and Song Yan hurriedly stepped forward to help her.

No wonder, it's no wonder that today his courtship is so weird to Mr. Yu and Mr. Sun, and Yu Shiquan's words are frivolous and extremely disrespectful.

Nearly a hundred servants who were betrayed...

Jiang Xingjian didn't even dare to think about the consequences.

He stabilized his mind and managed to support his body before heading towards Lan Ting's main courtyard.

Song Wan heard the report from his subordinates, saying that Jiang Xingjian had returned to the mansion, so he asked Heng Zhi to fetch the prepared melon stalks and brew it early in the morning.

Guadi bitter cold, slightly poisonous.

"Miss, Master Hou walked outside the courtyard and is about to come to the Xiangzhai soon."

Song Wan blew on the melon water in the teacup slowly, and drank it slowly.

Jiang Xing Jianfang pushed open the door of Long Xiang Zhai, and saw Song Wan wearing plain clothes, with no makeup on his fair face, so pure that it made people feel pity.

It's just that now her eyebrows are slightly twisted, and her lips are pale and sickly.

Thousands of words surged up from the tip of his tongue, but were suppressed by Jiang Xingjian.

"I heard from the servants in the mansion that you are sick? Are you feeling better?"

Song Wan nodded with a pale face, as if he was very uncomfortable.

Jiang Xingjian's thin lips parted slightly, he wanted to ask how Song Wan's power over the family fell into Lin Jiayue's hands again, and also wanted to ask her mother why she gave Lin Jiayue the tooth card.He also wanted to ask the salesman in the mansion if she knew, but seeing Song Wan's expression, he couldn't ask a word.

After a long time, Jiang Xingjian said: "Do you have a place here, let me rest for a while?"

Song Wan looked up in confusion, as if he never thought that Jiang Xingjian would say such a thing.

She pondered for a moment and nodded, pointing to the arhat bed in the room to signal Heng Zhi to tidy it up for Jiang Xingjian to rest.

Asking the maid in the room to fetch hot water for him, Jiang Xingjian lay down after cleansing his face, but soon fell into a deep sleep.

Song Wan sat on the embroidered pier, endured the discomfort and was slightly annoyed.